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Iris - Overview

Genre:   Drama  
Opened: Dec 14, 2001     Run Time: 1hr 30min  
Cast: Judi Dench   Jim Broadbent  Kate Winslet   Hugh Bonneville        
Director: Richard Eyre   
Producer: Robert Fox   Scott Rudin    
Executive Producer: Sydney Pollack   Anthony Minghella   Guy East  
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R
Adult Language, Adult Situations, Nudity
Synopsis
Iris: Iris Murdoch, Professor of Philosophy and celebrated author and her husband, Professor of Literature John Bayley, are guests-of-honour at a banquet at Somerville College. Iris Murdoch gives a brilliantly witty speech and finishes with an Irish folk song, "The Lark in the Clear Air". As she begins to sing, John Bayley's thoughts wander back to the evening when Iris was first introduced to him at a dinner and he was so taken with her that he choked... Read More
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6.8 star rating 6.8  on 
Rotten Tomatoes 69%  on  Rotten Tomatoes
Flixter 100%  on  Flixter
Box Office Data
# Weeks 13
# Total Gross $5.6M
Additional Content for Iris
Iris
Studio: Intermedia Films
Studio: Miramax Films
Domestic Theatrical Distributor: Miramax Films
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Miramax Films
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Paradiso Entertainment
Foreign Distribution Sales: Intermedia Films
Theatrical Distributor: Buena Vista International Germany (BVIG)
Theatrical Distributor: Mediafilm
Theatrical Distributor: Primer Plano Film Group
8 star rating 8
Heart wrenching true story of the remarkable life of Iris Murdoch and her utterly devoted husband John Bayley. I found myself having flashbacks of The Notebook...
8 star rating 8
Each individual performance was influenced by the actual character, but personality leaked in undoubtedly. Judi Dench, so utterly amazingly, took on Alzheimer's...


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